{"id":30660,"date":"2023-01-20T16:06:44","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T16:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/?p=30660"},"modified":"2023-01-20T16:07:32","modified_gmt":"2023-01-20T16:07:32","slug":"welsh-charity-calls-for-more-support-for-unpaid-carers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/welsh-charity-calls-for-more-support-for-unpaid-carers\/","title":{"rendered":"Welsh charity calls for more support to help unpaid carers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Carers Trust Wales says additional financial support will reduce demand for acute care in the future<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carers Trust Wales is calling for more support from local authorities and the Welsh Government to help unpaid carers struggling with the amount of hours they have to work, especially after the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New Census data released by the Office of National Statistics<\/a> shows that four of the five local authorities with the highest proportion of unpaid carers working over fifty hours a week are in South East Wales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Neath Port Talbot, Caerphilly, Blaenau Gwent and Merthyr Tydfil all have at least 4.3% of their population caring for people at least 50 hours per week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The data also show that a larger proportion of people provided unpaid care in Wales than in England, with 3.6% of people providing 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week in Wales compared to 2.7% in England. This means 107,000 people are in the highest category for providing care each week. <\/p>\n\n\n

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